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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shea19, post: 8247016, member: 90981&quot;]Nice new pickup!&nbsp; I have the similar type in silver.&nbsp; I always liked this reverse type because it is honoring the Illyrian army legions that put him into power.&nbsp; I actually find it a little surprising that there aren&#039;t more reverse types from the &quot;Crisis&quot; era emperors with this general kind of theme, given how important the armies were in choosing each new emperor at the time.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452371[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan Decius, 249-251, AR Antoninianus (24 mm, 3.50 g), Rome. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG Radiate and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius to r./ <i>Rev.</i> GENIVS EXERC ILLVRICIANI Genius (of the army of Illyricum) standing front, nude but for chlamys, head to l., holding patera over lighted altar in his r. hand and cornucopia in his l.; to right, signum. RIC 16c.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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